This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey's The Quest for Cer tainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action. The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures deliv ered April-May 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as "a criti cism of philosophy as attempting to at tain theoretical certainty." In the Philo sophical Review Max C. Otto later elaborated: "Mr. Dewey wanted, so far as lay in his power, to crumble into dust, once and for all, 'the chief ...
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This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey's The Quest for Cer tainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action. The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures deliv ered April-May 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as "a criti cism of philosophy as attempting to at tain theoretical certainty." In the Philo sophical Review Max C. Otto later elaborated: "Mr. Dewey wanted, so far as lay in his power, to crumble into dust, once and for all, 'the chief fortress of the classic philosophical tradition."
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0809311623. Volume 4. This book is a study, reference, or reading copy only. The dustjacket has some shelfwear, edge wear, several small edge tears. Name stamp to fly leaf. Many underlined passages so good study copy only.; 336 pages.
